MIDDLEBURG, Fla. — Middleburg drivers should be aware that beginning Thursday, Oct. 13, at 7 a.m. the Florida Department of Transportation will temporarily detour traffic on Palmetto Street and Blanding Boulevard (State Road 21).
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Lanes on Palmetto Street will be detoured while crews work on the intersection as part of the Blanding Boulevard widening project from County Road 218 to Black Creek.
Westbound traffic on Palmetto Street will be detoured to Section Street to access Blanding Boulevard.
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This detour is in addition to scheduled periodic lane closures between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on northbound lanes of Blanding Boulevard between CR 218 and Parsonage Street.
The project will add two lanes to the four-lane section of Blanding Boulevard between CR 218 and Black Creek. It will provide more efficient east-west movements at the intersection of Blanding Boulevard and CR 218.
Also in the plans is replacing the CR 218 bridge over Black Creek to provide a wider bridge for traffic.
